Chemistry

August 22, 2025

Reducing the destruction of heart failure

Too much adrenaline causes heart to decrease functionCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston College of Pharmacy researcher is...

18 Earth-sized exoplanets discovered

Scientists have used a new method to find small exoplanets, which previous surveys had overlookedCredit: NASA/JPL (Neptune), NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring...

Good vibrations: Using piezoelectricity to ensure hydrogen sensor sensitivity

Researchers at Osaka University develop a new process for producing palladium nanoparticles that are 12 times more sensitive to hydrogen...

Ancient proteins offer clues to the past

Archeologists once relied solely on artifacts, such as skeletal remains, fossils and pottery sherds, to learn about past species and...

LIDAR and other optical sensors in autonomous driving focus of keynote at OIDA Forum

Jin Shang, R&D CEO at GAC Silicon Valley, to discuss fundamental aspects of optical sensors in autonomy -- usage, functionality,...

New 3D-printed technology lowers cost of common medical test

Credit: Sean Flynn/UConn A desire for a simpler, cheaper way to do common laboratory tests for medical diagnoses and to...

3D-printed device detects biomarkers of preterm birth

Credit: Adapted from Anal. Chem. 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b01395 Preterm birth (PTB) -- defined as birth before the 37th week of...

Electric hookahs might be no safer than traditional charcoal-based ones

Waterpipe tobacco smoking, otherwise known as "hookah" or "shisha," is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, especially among youth. Traditional hookahs burn...

Edward C. Stone receives 2019 Shaw Prize in Astronomy

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2019 is awarded to Edward C. Stone, David Morrisroe Professor of Physics and...

Getting the lead and other metals out: Better detection can save lives

Fulbright Scholars award to help Purdue researcher establish innovative lab to identify common exposures to harmful metals, expand education through...

Three exocomets discovered around the star Beta Pictoris

Credit: Michaela Pink Just about a year after the launch of the NASA mission TESS, the first three comets orbiting...

Funding awarded for three new DFG research training groups

A great success for FAU: the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved three new research training groups (RTG) at the...

A light matter: Understanding the Raman dance of solids

Quantum interferometry reveals the chosen pathway of coherent phonon generationCredit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology...

Four scientists at PPPL awarded national and international honors

Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Institutions ranging from NASA to the Korean Physical Society have recently bestowed national and...

Children with cancer wait an average of 6.5 years longer than adults to access new drugs

Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's call for expanding children's access to experimental cancer therapiesCredit: Patrick Bibbins / Boston Children's Hospital Cancer...

UC studies links between air pollution and childhood anxiety

Researchers at UC and Cincinnati Children's investigate traffic-related air pollution and symptoms of childhood anxiety, through neuroimaging Exposure to air...

Developing biosecurity tool to detect genetically engineered organisms in the wild

With scientists from Raytheon and other universities, WPI chemical engineer Eric Young is helping develop a method for using DNA...

New lidar instruments peer skyward for clues on weather and climate

Remotely measuring temperature, humidity and particles in the air, technology seeks to fill gaps in US meteorological data SAN JOSE,...

Stellar waltz with dramatic ending

Researchers of the University of Bonn identify extremely rare fusion of two white dwarfsCredit: (c) Vasilii Gvaramadse/Moscow University Astronomers at...

Elsevier launches Physics Open